> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:09:01AM +0800, cheng.lin130@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > From: Cheng Lin <cheng.lin130@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > When abnormal drop_nlink are detected on the inode, > > return error, to avoid corruption propagation. > I know this has been through a few cycles, but wouldn't it be useful > to have at least a little description here how that case could happen? Unfortunately, I don't know how the underflow happened. The purpose of this patch is to prevent the situation from getting worse and provide users can repair it at the appropriate moment afterwards.